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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Chronicle and Reading List.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain's name means "Ridge above the Meadows"?
(a) Nanga Parbat.
(b) Shisha Pangma.
(c) Everest.
(d) Tulshing Rimpoche.

2. What item was found in 1933 below the North-East Ridge that led people to speculate that Mallory and Irvine were actually successful in reaching the summit before losing their lives?
(a) A map.
(b) An ice axe.
(c) A helmet.
(d) An oxygen tank.

3. Halfway through Messner's lecture tour in the Kanchung chapter, who slipped the "Peking Review" into Messner's hand?
(a) Sepia Tian-Chi.
(b) Jurgen Lehmann.
(c) Shisha Pangma.
(d) Joachim Hoelzgen.

4. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?
(a) Edmund Hillary.
(b) George Mallory.
(c) Maurice Wilson.
(d) George Bruce.

5. In the Tibet chapter, what "sport" did Bulle once liken mountaineering to?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the first day of his Everest ascent, how long did Messner climb before finally erecting his bivouac tent?

2. After giving up on their original mission in Syangpoche, where did the climbing team decide to walk to in the early pages of the Mount Everest-Fairytale and Reality chapter?

3. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena actually travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?

4. When Messner and Nena were reunited on the glacier, what was Messner's reaction?

5. A few days after being forced to descend Everest because of the storm, which two team members were able to ascend to 8,321 meters during the second British expedition?

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